down pipe for 125 six day

[chuck]

Has anyone ever run a down pipe on a 72 six day. There is one on ebay made by Torque Industries. A little pricey!

Chuck

[tmc3c]

Chuck, I ran one when I was a kid flat tracking.They sure looked & sounded cool but I am not sure about performance.We are talking about 30yrs ago.



Thomas Carmichael


1970 125 Six Day
1976 250 Hare Scrambler

[firstturn]

Chuck,
  I have run down pipes with a lot of success especially with Joe Wright's reed valve 125 Penton.  They get beat up fast and need constant attention if you are racing them.  I have looked at that pipe several times and just can't tell if it would fit a Penton or not???  I have bought pipes before only to find they fit a Tyran, DKW or other Sachs engines bikes.  Nice pipe and he has dropped the price down considerably.  Not much help, but I did at least study the pipe.

Ron Carbaugh
Kerrville, Texas

[t20sl]

I saw the pipe and it looks like it may be for a 71 steel tanker.  I have a low pipe on my 71 and it looks similar to the one on Ebay.  Ted

[firstturn]

Ted,
  Is yours the same brand and does it have two brackets to mount it?

Ron Carbaugh
Kerrville, Texas

[Paul Danik]

I have a NOS pipe that I bought at VMD last year that looks to be the exact same pipe, right down to the sticker.  It fits the Steel Tanker, the front mounting tab bolts to the left center stand mounting tab,  the rear pipe mount bolts to the down pipe bracket located below the swingarm on the later models of the Steel Tanker.

     Just my observations, hate to see someone buy a pipe have it not fit.

Paul

[firstturn]

Thanks Paul.  I have seen a similar pipe that a Friend had and it didn't work on a Penton.  Of course I have never bought a pipe that didn't fit[B)].

Ron Carbaugh
Kerrville, Texas

[t20sl]

Ron:  Mine has one rear mount and 4 spring mounts.

[firstturn]

Ted,
  I guess yours is the one I remember, but at my age it is a wonder that I can remember.  Thanks for the input.

Ron Carbaugh
Kerrville, Texas